Evolution Pro River Scoop

[oldartefact]

I am not going to get into the debate about price...
the price is the price .... you take it or leave it ... and the public will vote with their wallets!
Just to pick up on one very small point when you say nothing is there for show ... doesnt the polishing of welds fall into the "for show" category?
I love the look of the scoop btw...

[neverneverman]

I am not going to get into the debate about price...
the price is the price .... you take it or leave it ... and the public will vote with their wallets!
Just to pick up on one very small point when you say nothing is there for show ... doesnt the polishing of welds fall into the "for show" category?
I love the look of the scoop btw...

When we first did the scoops we left the welds as they end up after welding, but we had a couple of customers that told us they would like the them polishing out. So that's what we did.. But doing this adds very little to the cost .

[oldartefact]

I wish was a smiley for Many thanks - so this will have to do!!

[FUBAR]

I agree Tony. Everybody seems to want something for nothing nowadays. Buy quality gear and expect to pay quality prices.

[Goldmember]

Just my opinion after I bought the evolution digging tool and the beach sand scoop. They make quality products and if you want quality then get your wallet open because they are super cool very good in the field and will last forever how many sand scoops are you willing to go through before you could have got one of these? Not fussed what people say to my post I am just talking about how I have found there stuff and I say a big hats off to them for there pride in workmanship.

[tigtog]

looks a good bit of kit

[neverneverman]

Just grabbed my glyceryl trinitrate after seeing the price....

Good second post .
Just because it's out of your price rage does not mean it expensive .
You can by detectors from £50 to £2K plus. You buy to your budget and get the quality you pay for.

[pasttarg]

i made one from scrap stainless st i found in a skip ,just pop riveted together and fits on a wolfbla pole i got from the gardening centre ,all you need is a an angle grinder and a drill and some snips.

[I-Found-Nothing]

Just thought I'd cherp in here with my thoughts on the evolution pro scoop... Assuming I haven't got it wrong, the evo pro is the same as a the river version except for the holes are smaller on the bottom of the river scoop.

The build of these scoops is amazing... I doubt there is anything better currently on the market.
The scoop is quite large but it has two uses; one is the digging point which makes easy work slicing into sand of all types including sand with grit and small stone. The rear of the scoop is useful for sieving the sand in water.

The rear of the Scoop is well designed and very strong. You can kick this thing hard into ground and it doesn't give or flex at all. The rear (shaft) support is obviously very important and where many of the lesser scoops fall short, however, the support on this scoop is perfectly adequate to stand strong leverage of the shaft with no risk of anything breaking.

For the shaft I used a hollow steel shaft from a rake with a wood broom shaft inserted down the middle for extra strength. After five hours continual use today my arm hurts and by this time next month I'll have arms Popeye. At least the girls might like me more .

What I like about this scoop is that its design is well thought out, giving extra attention to the areas that are naturally weak or likely to fail due to excessive forces excerted on it. I also like the attention to detail such as smoothing off the weld etc. It is obvious that the Evolution scoop is put together by someone who takes great pride in their work... that fact alone is reassuring!

What I don't like; the weight, its a bit heavy for little old me, especially after 5 hours. With that said, my MD arm hurts more! Reducing the thickness of the steel is not a good idea IMO, so the only other option would be to reduce the size of the scoop by maybe 10%?

Other than that, I can't fault these scoops at all. After a few days abusing this scoop on the harsh beaches i frequent, the scoop looks like new, but that is no surprise given quality of the stainless steel.

Conclusion; this scoop (evolution pro) is a MUST have if you detect on beaches or rivers. IMO this is the best scoop you can currently buy in terms of build quality, robustness, usefulness and longevity. I haven't tried them all, obviously, but i knew from photos alone that the evolution was a quality tool and ahead of the competition. If anyone thinks otherwise and would like to send me a sample to try...

So, is the Evolution Pro worth £120? Considering this thing will last years and years, the answer is most definately yes. The river scoop should perhaps be the same price however.


Dan

[neverneverman]

Thanks for the kind words , I hope you have many years use out of it ..

We wish we could dro the price of the river scoop but it's he laser time that we have to pay for .

Cheers Paul.

[allmetal]

Great looking Scoop

[Rivers rat]

Just thought I'd cherp in here with my thoughts on the evolution pro scoop... Assuming I haven't got it wrong, the evo pro is the same as a the river version except for the holes are smaller on the bottom of the river scoop.

The build of these scoops is amazing... I doubt there is anything better currently on the market.
The scoop is quite large but it has two uses; one is the digging point which makes easy work slicing into sand of all types including sand with grit and small stone. The rear of the scoop is useful for sieving the sand in water.

The rear of the Scoop is well designed and very strong. You can kick this thing hard into ground and it doesn't give or flex at all. The rear (shaft) support is obviously very important and where many of the lesser scoops fall short, however, the support on this scoop is perfectly adequate to stand strong leverage of the shaft with no risk of anything breaking.

For the shaft I used a hollow steel shaft from a rake with a wood broom shaft inserted down the middle for extra strength. After five hours continual use today my arm hurts and by this time next month I'll have arms Popeye. At least the girls might like me more .

What I like about this scoop is that its design is well thought out, giving extra attention to the areas that are naturally weak or likely to fail due to excessive forces excerted on it. I also like the attention to detail such as smoothing off the weld etc. It is obvious that the Evolution scoop is put together by someone who takes great pride in their work... that fact alone is reassuring!

What I don't like; the weight, its a bit heavy for little old me, especially after 5 hours. With that said, my MD arm hurts more! Reducing the thickness of the steel is not a good idea IMO, so the only other option would be to reduce the size of the scoop by maybe 10%?

Other than that, I can't fault these scoops at all. After a few days abusing this scoop on the harsh beaches i frequent, the scoop looks like new, but that is no surprise given quality of the stainless steel.

Conclusion; this scoop (evolution pro) is a MUST have if you detect on beaches or rivers. IMO this is the best scoop you can currently buy in terms of build quality, robustness, usefulness and longevity. I haven't tried them all, obviously, but i knew from photos alone that the evolution was a quality tool and ahead of the competition. If anyone thinks otherwise and would like to send me a sample to try...

So, is the Evolution Pro worth £120? Considering this thing will last years and years, the answer is most definately yes. The river scoop should perhaps be the same price however.


Dan

Good tools cost a bit but considering the number of hours it can take that is nothing spread onto 3/4 years..............how much do we spend in smart phones


I am glad we can find good tools made in UK

Regarding the shaft some beachcombers add another handle but i guess it is down to people preference ,height,strength,age etc.................



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